Tartan Update and US Release

A little over a week ago, Tartan Video announced their exclusive support of Blu-ray and the release of three titles, 'Black Book', 'The Seventh Seal', and 'Oldboy'. Today we have an update on some specs for these UK releases, as well as a US release date for Oldboy. The big news is that Tartan has announced that all their releases will be region free. All three titles will be encoded using AVC at 1080p. 'Black Book' and 'Oldboy' will feature both DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby Digital audio tracks (no word on 'The Seventh Seal'). Both 'Black Book' and 'The Seventh Seal' will feature the extras from their respective DVD releases, and 'Oldboy' will feature a commentary and possibly deleted scenes. Tartan US will release 'Oldboy' for Blu-ray on October 23rd, and the release should mirror the UK release. 'Black Book' is being released by Sony in the US on September 25th (a month after the UK release). No US date has been announced for 'The Seventh Seal'. These releases will be bundled with the DVD release, at least in the UK. No word on if Tartan US plans to continue that trend. And as mentioned earlier, all releases will not include regional coding, making them import friendly.